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NBC News
February 25, 2015

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>>>hearings on their targeting of conservative groups and a new report inspector general report to be released detailing millions of taxpayer dollars spent on lavish employee conferences. and there's even a parody video that's surfaced featuring
irs
employees. nbc's
peter alexander
with that story.

>> reporter: the latest in a string of embarrassing videos showing
irs
employees
line dancing
.

>>i need a
straight line
.

>> reporter: was released just days ahead of the
treasury department
's inspector general report exposing excessive spending at the agency. the
irs
says the video was produced for a
2010
employee conference, the same as this "
star trek
" parody. throw in a gilligan's island spoof.

>>hey, everybody, i saw a ship.

>> reporter: total cost, more than $60,000 for taxpayers. the acting
irs
head
danny wuerffel
said of the statement this conference is an unfortunate vestige of a prior era, travel and training expenses have dropped more than 80% since
2010
.

>> reporter: the obama administration is already under fire for the
irs
' targeting of conservative groups with darrel issa today accusing the
white house
of lying and claiming interviews with
irs
workers in cincinnati show the targeting reaches back to
washington
.

>>this is a problem that was coordinated in all likelihood right out of
washington
headquarters and we're getting to proving it.

>> reporter: house democrat
elijah cummings
blasts those claims as unsubstantiated calling them reckless statements inconsistent with the findings of the inspector general. democrats say it is an
irs
issue, not an obama issue.

>>if there was somebody political involved in this, it never would have happened because it was the stupidest thing you could imagine.

>> reporter: facing new scrutiny, attorney general
eric holder
over tactics in government leak investigations with with republicans accusing him of making conflicting statements under oath.

>>i think that the attorney general has definitely lost the trust of the
american people
. when you are out in my district, people feel betrayed by the conduct of this administration and this attorney general.

>>there have been all kinds of accusations but i haven't seen anything that would prevent him from continuing to do his job.

>> reporter: and this week ahead, the
white house
is hoping to return the focus to the economy and immigration with senator schumer predicting that a bipartisan
immigration bill
will pass the senate by
july 4th
with as many as 70 votes.